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Just as one’s beloved, though naked, when in the course of making love she has shed all her clothes, grants pleasure when filled with passion, so speech, though plain, causes delight, if full of sentiment; when void of emotion, though filled with figures of speech, it will not give enjoyment, like a wooden doll, even if it is ornamented.